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re: LSU/FL FACTS - Enjoy the read
Posted on 10/7/16 at 2:17 pm to BayouCowboy
Posted on 10/7/16 at 2:17 pm to BayouCowboy
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What did Florida, the host site, offer?
Florida believed all week the game would have been playable this weekend. From Barnhart:
I talked to Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley late Thursday afternoon. His explanation was simple: As of Wednesday at 4 p.m., it looked as if the storm was on a track that would’ve made Saturday’s game possible with a later kickoff than noon, as was originally scheduled.
Obviously, the folks at LSU look at things different. LSU’s position is it went the extra mile to relocate the game to Baton Rouge and Florida said no because the possibility existed that the game could be played Gainesville.
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This post was edited on 10/7/16 at 2:29 pm
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Posted on 10/7/16 at 2:21 pm to bgator85
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Florida believed all week the game would have been playable this weekend. From Barnhart:
So UF banked on this and fiddled their thumbs all week with absolutely no contingency plan
Embarrassing for the supposedly, "best athletic department" in the country
Posted on 10/7/16 at 2:21 pm to bgator85
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Obviously, the folks at LSU look at things different. LSU’s position is it went the extra mile to relocate the game to Baton Rouge
Relocate the game to Baton Rouge. Or play it in Gainesville on Sunday. Or Monday.
UF refused or didn't offer any other options. It was Saturday of cancel, apparently.
I do appreciate the spin, though. Really. Make LSU look like the bad guys for offering to help get the game played at a location out of the way of the hurricane.
UF didn't even look for a neutral site at all, both Foley and Alleva have confirmed that. I'm sure you'll try and blame LSU for not trying to find the neutral site, too.
This post was edited on 10/7/16 at 2:23 pm
Posted on 10/7/16 at 2:21 pm to bgator85
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Obviously, the folks at LSU look at things different. LSU’s position is it went the extra mile to relocate the game to Baton Rouge and Florida said no because the possibility existed that the game could be played Gainesville.
Yeah just leave out the whole part where LSU said they would still play in Gainesville. Got to keep spouting off that misinformation
Posted on 10/7/16 at 2:22 pm to bgator85
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Florida believed all week the game would have been playable this weekend. From Barnhart:
Playing chicken with the weather...ok we'll let this slide.
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talked to Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley late Thursday afternoon. His explanation was simple: As of Wednesday at 4 p.m., it looked as if the storm was on a track that would’ve made Saturday’s game possible with a later kickoff than noon, as was originally scheduled.
Does he know what it takes to put on a football game? The entire time LSU was pestering him to make a plan B due to lack of resources with the hurricane.
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Obviously, the folks at LSU look at things different. LSU’s position is it went the extra mile to relocate the game to Baton Rouge and Florida said no because the possibility existed that the game could be played Gainesville.
Foley didn't do anything to make this game happen. If he did I'll hang up and listen to your answer.
Posted on 10/7/16 at 2:29 pm to bgator85
So nothing!!! Exactly. It was a fukin hurricane. They are unpredictable. Part of his job is to be able to think on his feet and prepare for things like this. Have options available should plan A fall thru ike all the other schools affected did! What a joke
This post was edited on 10/7/16 at 2:31 pm
Posted on 10/7/16 at 2:30 pm to bgator85
quote:Such crap.
Florida believed all week the game would have been playable this weekend.
Posted on 10/7/16 at 2:32 pm to bgator85
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Florida believed all week the game would have been playable this weekend. From Barnhart: I talked to Florida athletic director Jeremy Foley late Thursday afternoon. His explanation was simple: As of Wednesday at 4 p.m., it looked as if the storm was on a track that would’ve made Saturday’s game possible with a later kickoff than noon, as was originally scheduled. Obviously, the folks at LSU look at things different. LSU’s position is it went the extra mile to relocate the game to Baton Rouge and Florida said no because the possibility existed that the game could be played Gainesville
Well that just makes them look even more incompetent for not having contingencies.
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